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title: Certificates
description: Your instance requires certificates to establish secure connections and validate signatures.
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# Certificates

Your instance requires certificates to establish secure connections and validate signatures.

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 [Learn the key features and business value of Certificates.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/exploring-certificates.md)

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 [Plan your core configurations.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/t_GenerateAnLDAPClientCertificate.md)

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 [Plan and set-up the application.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/t_UploadACertificateToAnInstance.md)

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</table>-   **[Exploring Certificates](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/exploring-certificates.md)**  
Your instance requires certificates to establish secure connections and validate signatures.
-   **[Generating an LDAP client certificate](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/t_GenerateAnLDAPClientCertificate.md)**  
Generate an LDAP client certificate for mutual authentication using OpenSSL. The final output is a PKCS\#12 certificate stored within a Java keystore.
-   **[Uploading a certificate to an instance](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/t_UploadACertificateToAnInstance.md)**  
Add a certificate to the instance from the Certificates module.

**Parent Topic:**[Encryption](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/encryption-landing.md)